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China’s decarbonization – Beijing is not going ‘all in’ (yet)

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Published: August 16th, 2022,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

By Michael Settelen, Director China Macro Group
Michael Settelen is a China expert at the Zurich-based consulting firm China Macro Group.

No commitment to „net-zero“ is as important as Beijing’s, writes the International Energy Agency (IEA) in a recent report on China’s goal to peak annual carbon emissions by 2030 at the latest and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 – or as they say in China, „30/60“.

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